Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264358AbTEPHSb (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 03:18:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264360AbTEPHSb (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 03:18:31 -0400 Received: from cable98.usuarios.retecal.es ([212.22.32.98]:61904 "EHLO hell.lnx.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264358AbTEPHSa (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 03:18:30 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:27:54 +0200 From: Manuel Estrada Sainz To: David Gibson , Andrew Morton , jt@hpl.hp.com, jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, breed@almaden.ibm.com, achirica@ttd.net, jkmaline@cc.hut.fi Subject: Re: airo and firmware upload (was Re: 2.6 must-fix list, v3) Message-ID: <20030516072754.GA14661@ranty.ddts.net> Reply-To: ranty@debian.org References: <20030514233235.GA11581@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20030514163826.6459cd93.akpm@digeo.com> <20030515010459.GC23670@zax> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030515010459.GC23670@zax> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1409 Lines: 35 On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:04:59AM +1000, David Gibson wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 04:38:26PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > > > > > firmwares blobs > > > > well for the purposes of tracking 2.6 activities I'll separate this issue > > of firmware access policy out from drivers/net/wireless/. > > > > yeah, it would be nice if the core kernel provided a "give me my firmware" > > API or something. > > Well, Manuel Estrada (also author of the orinoco USB patches) has > proposed one on lkml. Doesn't look like people were happy with that > version, but I think he's still working on revising it based on > feedback. Yep, I posted it yesterday. Please provide feedback so I can get it "right (TM)" and it gets in the kernel for all to enjoy. Thanks Manuel -- --- Manuel Estrada Sainz ------------------------ ------------------- Let us have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/